We have a new Miss Montana: Jennifer Hepner, a graduate of CMR high school and now a student at UM in Missoula, was crowned Saturday night! I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Miss Hepner; she’s a good kid. She’s an Air Force brat (hooray!) and worked summers at the Malmstrom clinic several years ago. She’s also a pageant pro: she represented Great Falls at the 2007 pageant and the 2006 pageant. Congrats on winning the…

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On Father’s Day, we appreciate all of the things that dear ol’ dad has done for us: life lessons, wisdom, trips together, hunting, shared jokes, and such. So a hearty “thanks!” to all the dads out there – including mine, of course. But this is a blog about Great Falls, so let’s take a moment to remember the man who is, after all, the “Father Of Great Falls” — Paris Gibson. He’s not just some…

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GF Girl posts about the proposed start date for the coal plant, and also the recent activity – or lack thereof – of Electric City Power. Dave offers a traffic suggestion, to which I add: how about a left-turn light at 23rd Street & 10th Ave South? He also tells us about an odd theft. Great Falls Scanner offers up some humorous tips for dealing with “tailgaters.” Newly-promoted Shannon attended the Obama rally with some…

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Most of you know that there are other bloggers here in Great Falls, but when’s the last time you took a cruise the Big Sky Blogosphere? Over at the Big Sky Blog, I’ve got a list of over 160 Montana-based blogs. Go visit. Say hi.

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This is awesome: Jack Velvet, a hipster from Vancouver, drove all the way to Great Falls just to experience our world-famous Sip-n-Dip, and his blog entry about the trip includes a nifty 9-minute video that serves as sort of a “Sip-n-Dip 101” that includes the legendary Piano Pat, some mermaids, and the ritual consumption of a fishbowl. And Jack’s better half, Miss Pinky, also documented their trip to Great Falls and has a bunch of…

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A resident of Great Falls who supports Barack Obama got the chance to meet her candidate by knocking on lots of doors: Vicki, a former teacher from Great Falls, is a lifelong Republican who is supporting Barack for President. She admires Barack becase she says, “he’s a thinking person,” and she and her husband, a retired military officer, both voted for Barack by absentee ballot…Vicki was one of the ten winners of the “Montana Change…